Altitude of flight plans

[motishow 123]

All flifht plans imported to Pilot2ATC asign a cruise altitude of FL180 ,  is there any way to disable it and get cruise altitudes upper than FL180?

All flight plans are made traveling inside Europe

 

Thanks

[Dave-Pilot2ATC 870]

Just click on the Cruise Altitude and enter whatever you like.  It will adjust it to follow Bearing Based Altitude rules unless you check the "Ignore Bearing Based Altitudes" option.

[NickH792 0]

I have the same problem with VFR flights - setting the altitude too high for a short flight. Altering the altitude results in no change. I have the minumum altitude in config set to 2000' but it won't allow anything below 3,500'.

 

 

 

[woodstock327 22]

On 11/15/2020 at 1:57 PM, motishow said:

All flifht plans imported to Pilot2ATC asign a cruise altitude of FL180

Hmm, this might depend on which format the import file is in? When I create a flight plan with LNM or Simbrief I always export in X-Plane .fms format, and when I import this into P2A it always transfers the cruise altitude of the original flight plan correctly (only sometimes slightly corrected for bearing-based altitude)

Dirk

[Dave-Pilot2ATC 870]

If you have 2000' as the min AGL, then assuming the elevation is 1 foot or more, and you are heading East, the min altitude would be 3500, because the program always rounds up to get you further away from the ground.   

start:  2000 + 1' terrain elevation

odd for East bound: 3001

500 for VFR: 3500

In the real world, at least in the US, when below 3000' AGL you do not have to adhere to the East/West bound Odd/Even altitudes and you don't have to adhere to the 500' rule either.  This relaxation of the rule is not currently accounted for in P2A.

Dave

Edited March 25, 2021 by Dave-Pilot2ATC